Example sentences of "[vb past] and to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place from which he rose and to which he descended at the limits of earth and Underworld was the primeval ocean , from where he had emerged , which was the god Nun , the father of the gods . |
| 2 | PC World 's customer profile breaks down into those who know what they want but want to see it demonstrated and to be able to walk away with the product ; those who know a bit , but have never bought a computer before ; and corporate customers seeking the best value for money . |
| 3 | The driver 's door slammed and to her surprise a figure she recognised got out . |
| 4 | He was ruthless , arrogant , a man who casually did just as he pleased and to hell with the consequences , and it dawned on her that she was in dangerously close proximity to him . |
| 5 | " The Wonders " or " Marvels " was the basic guide book , immensely popular , which everybody read and to which they added their own impressions . |
| 6 | It thus mattered a great deal where one Lived and to what sort of job one became initially attached . |
| 7 | The government officials recognized the system since most bureaucrats owed their own position to nepotism and patronage , perpetuating ‘ a procedure to which they originally resorted and to which they are committed and indebted ’ . |
| 8 | The exception is a Scottish pig farmer who stands uneasily next to the carcass of Jamie , a pig he reluctantly slaughtered and to which he was so attached he credited it with the IQ of a three-year-old child . |
| 9 | When the owner was resident there was no problem ; if he was not , the occupier would be able to tell the constable how much rent he paid and to whom . |
| 10 | At that moment the door opened and to Endill 's surprise in walked his father . |
| 11 | The door to the dressing room opened and to her surprise she saw that it was Hugo . |
| 12 | It was like a little explosion because it was n't just a question of telling one other person ; I had to tell my parents and I had to tell all my schoolfriends and make sure that my world existed and to a great extent it did . |
| 13 | Over time the Tree — and its fruit — came to be understood as part of the sacred source of life , a manifestation of Mother Goddess , from whose body the whole world sprang and to which it would return . |
| 14 | And so it goes on until he boards a ship about to set Voyager ( 15 , Curzon West End , 113 mins ) Europa ( 15 , Chelsea , Everyman , 114 mins ) sail for France and meets Sabeth , the pony-tailed young woman who is his ‘ fate ’ , leading him back to the woman he once loved and to his own Greek tragedy . |
| 15 | When Isobel had gone — dear , patient , wise Isobel whom she loved and to whom she was often so unreasonable — Anna ran water into the empty coffee mugs and stood them in the sink . |
| 16 | From this modest start in 1905 the publication developed into a highly respected and widely read quarterly magazine which Ayliffe edited and to which he contributed until 1947 . |
| 17 | It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right . |
| 18 | to er me dad went and to I think pit to work . |
| 19 | I went and to just walk around the town . |
| 20 | To them she was more than a mass of steel and wood ; she had moods and feelings which they understood and to which they fitted their own . |
| 21 | Our thanks to all who attended and to the Sports and Social Committee for their hard work to make the night yet another success . |
| 22 | ( Since he had no initial asset endowment , anyone else could have done what he did ; again , he was able to do what he did only because in so doing he was offering both to those from whom he bought and to those to whom he sells opportunities more attractive than those offered by others . ) |
| 23 | All the more unfortunate does this become in the presence of narrow majorities , each representing a minority of the electorate , sometimes a small minority , and when at least one of the parties believes that the prerogatives and rights conferred by electoral victory , however narrow , not merely entitle but compel it to impose on the helpless but unorganized majority irreversible changes for which it never consciously voted and to which most of its members are opposed . |
| 24 | After an interview , the questionnaire is a good guide to how you did and to what , if anything , went wrong . |
| 25 | And I did and to be quite honest , I mean it was n't the money really when you think about it because at end of day , forty six pound he were spending in pub anyway . |
| 26 | If so , the beautiful small church of St. Sampson at Golant would be that at which King Mark worshipped and to which Iseult presented her best dress , to be exhibited on feast days long after her death . |
| 27 | Joyce left and to my surprise , I continued to go to that quiet room every morning . |
| 28 | If that happened , it was claimed , the controversial Deans would be able to run the club as they wished and to the prejudice of minority shareholders . |
| 29 | ‘ Wait and see , ’ she said and to both their surprises she turned and put her arms on Maggie 's shoulders . |
| 30 | ‘ I believe not , ’ Mrs Eckley said and to Wilson 's surprise held out her hand . |